Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada is a liberal political party in Canada, founded in 1867. Better known as the Grits, the Liberal Party was located between the left-wing New Democratic Party and the right-wing Conservative Party of Canada, and it became the "natural governing party" of Canada, having led the government for 69 years in the 20th century. The party supports universal healthcare, student loans, pensions, peacekeeping, multilateralism, bilingualism, multiculturalism, and marriage equality, and the party was led to victory in the 2015 federal election by Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, son of the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Under Trudeau, Canada accepted and resettled 39,000 Syrian refugees, supporting human rights while the United States to the south began to support xenophobia.